diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index b758e8b39..278e4780e 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## 0.4.5 (2018-03-xx)
 
+* Enable compression support for `NamedFile`
+
 * Add `ResponseError` impl for `SendRequestError`.
   This improves ergonomics of http client.
 
diff --git a/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs b/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs
index 4808dc11b..551101c97 100644
--- a/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/http-proxy/src/main.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ fn index(_req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
         .responder()
 }
 
-/// stream client request to a server response
+/// streaming client request to a streaming server response
 fn streaming(_req: HttpRequest) -> Box<Future<Item=HttpResponse, Error=Error>> {
     // send client request
     client::ClientRequest::get("https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/")
diff --git a/src/fs.rs b/src/fs.rs
index 8525c02fd..a0b932bbc 100644
--- a/src/fs.rs
+++ b/src/fs.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ impl Responder for NamedFile {
 
     fn respond_to(mut self, _: HttpRequest) -> Result<HttpResponse, io::Error> {
         let mut resp = HttpOk.build();
-        resp.content_encoding(ContentEncoding::Identity);
         if let Some(ext) = self.path().extension() {
             let mime = get_mime_type(&ext.to_string_lossy());
             resp.content_type(format!("{}", mime).as_str());